Well known for its shops, restaurants, and bars, Dupont Circle is now at the center of a sex crime investigation after a 25-year-old woman reported to police she was grabbed and raped behind a building along Connecticut Avenue.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board voted Wednesday to extend a three-year moratorium on license expansion in the East Dupont Circle area, but made significant changes to the regulations in the process.

"We don't want Dupont Circle to become the criminals' one-stop shop for cell phones this Christmas," a DC Guardian Angels spokesperson says, responding to attacks on three women in two days in the Dupont Circle area.

Opponents say there is already a playground and basketball court nearby. They claim the new design will take away 25 percent of the existing sports field, which for weekend baseball or kickball leagues, that means losing one of two diamonds.

In August, D.C. police arrested the suspected "DuPont Circle bicycle groper," but not all of the victims say full justice is being served. ICE has issued a detainer on the suspect, which means he could face deportation.

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